Compute before on first page only (Proc Report)

[Sarah-R]

Does anyone know how to 

add a line above the report, but below the titles, in Proc Report?

I need to add an italicized line that says, "All subjects".

When I use the

compute before _page_;

@1   "All subjects";

endcomp;

 it shows at the top of every page.  I need it to show only at the top of the first page.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Sarah-R]

Does anyone know how to 

add a line above the report, but below the titles, in Proc Report?

I need to add an italicized line that says, "All subjects".

When I use the

compute before _page_;

    line @1   "All subjects";

endcomp;

 it shows at the top of every page.  I need it to show only at the top of the first page.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ballardw]

You might try a style setting such as this.

proc report data=sashelp.class
   style(report)=[pretext='Something to display']
;
   columns sex age name;
   define sex /group page;
   define age/group;
   define name/display;
run;

Pretext is text to display something before, in this case the table of the report.

Otherwise you may need to provide some example data and the full code for your report. There can be some interesting interactions between elements in proc report and a solution that works with one data set may require significant differences with another.

[Sarah-R · Accepted solution]

Use the following compute before block, with the variable-that-contains-top-of-page-text to be blank for the pages after the first page:

compute before _page_;

    line @1   variable-that-contains-top-of-page-text;

endcomp;